Example 2: Drop Test

 

This example shows the drop test of a steel sphere from 3m altitude onto a plastic body. The plastic body is fixed by rigid contact (connection thread). Following non linear effects are considered in the dynamic analysis:

  • large displacement and large deformations

  • plastic strain

  • contact

 

Figure 1: Stresses   

 

   Figure 2: plastic strain 

 

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